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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Pennsylvania, 1998

29 severe thunderstorm watches in 1998. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
29
Busiest month
June11 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
September 7, 19985 severe thunderstorm watches

Over time

By month

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Columbia and 19 more6 hr
May 29, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Bradford and 33 more6 hr
May 29, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Columbia, Dauphin, Juniata and 14 more6 hr
May 29, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Chester, Cumberland, Delaware, Franklin, Lancaster and 2 more6 hr
May 31, 10:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeaver, Butler, Crawford, Erie, Lawrence, Mercer and 1 more5 hr
Jun 12, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegheny, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Forest and 6 more6 hr
Jun 16, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allegheny, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Cambria and 16 more6 hr
Jun 16, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Clinton, Columbia and 22 more4 hr
Jun 25, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Bradford, Butler, Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield and 15 more6 hr
Jun 26, 11:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Armstrong, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bradford and 42 more5 hr
Jun 26, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia7 hr
Jun 27, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegheny, Beaver, Fayette, Greene, Lawrence, Mercer and 1 more6 hr
Jun 28, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegheny, Beaver, Butler, Crawford, Fayette, Greene and 4 more6 hr
Jun 30, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Cambria, Cameron and 19 more7 hr
Jun 30, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bradford, Bucks and 35 more6 hr
Jun 30, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCPhiladelphia7 hr
Jul 21, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Blair, Butler, Cambria and 15 more6 hr
Aug 24, 9:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair and 35 more5 hr
Aug 24, 11:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBradford, Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe and 6 more6 hr
Sep 2, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bradford, Carbon and 28 more6 hr
Sep 6, 11:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCWarren6 hr
Sep 7, 1:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBradford, Clinton, Lackawanna, Lycoming, Montour, Potter and 6 more5 hr
Sep 7, 5:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMonroe, Pike, Wayne4 hr
Sep 7, 8:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler and 29 more6 hr
Sep 7, 10:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBerks, Bradford, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Columbia and 24 more5 hr
Sep 27, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, Pike and 2 more6 hr
Sep 27, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Blair, Bradford, Butler and 36 more6 hr
Nov 10, 3:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeaver, Butler, Crawford, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango5 hr
Dec 7, 12:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCErie5 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

27 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. September 7, 19985severe thunderstorm watches
  2. May 29, 19983severe thunderstorm watches
  3. June 30, 19983severe thunderstorm watches
  4. June 16, 19982severe thunderstorm watches
  5. June 26, 19982severe thunderstorm watches
  6. August 24, 19982severe thunderstorm watches
  7. September 27, 19982severe thunderstorm watches
  8. April 17, 19981severe thunderstorm watches
  9. May 31, 19981severe thunderstorm watches
  10. June 13, 19981severe thunderstorm watches
  11. June 25, 19981severe thunderstorm watches
  12. June 27, 19981severe thunderstorm watches

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.